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Zimtsterne (German Cinnamon Star Cookies)

Zimtsterne are German cinnamon cookies often eaten for the advent season.

Source and licence

"Zimtsterne (German Cinnamon Star Cookies)" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Zimtsterne_(German_Cinnamon_Star_Cookies), revision 4587443), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Zimtsterne_(German_Cinnamon_Star_Cookies)&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Whip the egg whites until creamy.
  2. Sift in powdered sugar, and mix into egg whites.
  3. Set aside almost a third of the resulting mass for casting.
  4. Stir in the remaining mass of cinnamon and almonds, or hazelnuts and lemon zest, and knead into a dough.
  5. Roll out the dough, cut out star shapes and place on the greased baking sheet.
  6. Mix the remaining stiff egg white with rum until a glaze mass forms.
  7. Brush the cinnamon stars with glaze.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for about 20 minutes.